Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > It is possible to specify a specific file within a tree-ish > symbolically. For example you can find the contents of > a specific file in a specific commit as below: > > git cat-file -p v1.2.4:git-prune.sh Didn't we document this elsewhere recently in git-rev-parse? How about this instead? -- >8 -- [PATCH] Refer to git-rev-parse:Specifying Revisions from git.txt The brief list given in "Symbolic Identifiers" section of the main documentation is good enough for overview, but help the reader to find a more comrehensive list as needed. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@xxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git.txt | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 3af6fc6..b00607e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -562,6 +562,9 @@ HEAD:: a valid head 'name' (i.e. the contents of `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/<head>`). +For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see +"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in gitlink:git-rev-parse[1]. + File/Directory Structure ------------------------ -- 1.4.3.2.gc1a4 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html